Card holder for freight cars



Angl-5,1931. l QBRADSHAW 1,820,776

CARD HOLDER FOR FREIGHT CARS Filed Aug. 11, 1930 Wam/1M.

ATTORNEY point 16 for the purpose of impaling ,thev

card and so holding thek latter' in place.

Perforations 17 arevprovided rin the base plate 2 at the place Where thepoints 16 meet it. The points enter the holes. In order to keep thepoint from rubbing against the side Aoftherespective hole it is madesmaller than..thefend of the extension 15 so as to leaveY a shoulder 18.f

It is the shoulder 18 that will abut the card 5 in the immediatevicinity`of the holeV 17 (Fig. k2). The point 16 assumes .theposition Within thehole,- beingentirely out of contact With the sides ofthe hole, and

consequently protected from'any Wear that' VWould ensue fromthemotion ofthe car.

.The statement has been made thatlone or morecards areada'ptedv tobeheld by thel Y holderI 1. ySometimes a'half-size card is inserted inthe holder.

mate vertical center-line ofthe device. 1f two. .cards are i insertedthey inner edges ymay be `overlapped.` -Uponfletting doWntheimpaling'device the 'central' impaling member *will zsecure the' centralparts of 1both cards. Should a half-size card be inserted the bot-` tomedges would stand onone of the pins 7 andthe rest 19 While the upperedges' Would Y be held by the central and of the card holder. p yresides v in the provision of-aconnectingl linkf impaling membersrlO.. f

Figure. 3V discloses .a Vslight modification The chief difference 20.YOtherwisethe structure` is f identical with thatk already described ,asfis lindicated 'A byffthe corresponding reference characters.

y,Itisproposed to make the holder in vari-l ous sizes.` The holder inFig. 1is of small size Whereas the holdery in'lFig. 3 isrto. be

' regarded as approximately 20 square for A duplicateshaft *Y thelink`20 affords. This link is eachof the arms 11, 23.A v

the purpose of holding; large Warningvcards such as vare KV,customarilyrequired to' be displayed on cars transporting explosives. v

- l With such `a large holder-it isV deemed de@n Y .sirable toduplicate'the'impalingl device.

Theguides 4 lare therefore provided with :lugs'21 at the bottomas WellasV Sat. the top. 122 lis supported by the.

Upon'raising thevarm, of `one ofthe imv paling membersl lOof thebottomshaft. the

impaling-members of the topV shaft Will ber` raised *also by virtue ofytheconnection that The "operation is readily ...understood Upon,desiring to insert. a ."card,regardless@ of vWhat .the size might be,the operatory has;

only Vto raisethe arm 11 (or 23 in fthe; in.-.V

stanceiofiFigure 8) "whereupon thev `iin-V Y paling device 10 WillV beVrnovedclearof the" base plate'2." The card is'slippedv in the For thesepurposes the .fpins 7 arek supplemen-ted byl arest A19v Which occupiesaV place under; the; central Yimpaling member *10- and on `theapproxiside. ones l.of-:theJ

vpivoted to guides l Which constituteindependent hold- `With the.laborious duty of driving tacks 4through cards intoY Woodenblocks.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved cardholder iskthat of a generally 'preferred form, obviously modi# 'ficationsandchanges may-be made Without f'departin or the. scope of theclaims. y v.Y y v g from the spirit Vof the invention I claim: 1

1. A deviceof thelcharacterdescribed,

comprising means to independently support a card, andmeans movablymounted. on'the supportingVK means V for securing Athe card.

2.l A vdevice of. VrtheA Vcharacter described,y Y comprisingV anindependent-.card supporting l means, a mounting carried.byrthe-ifsupport- Y i ing means, andan impaling devicezmovably carriedby the mountingforimp,aling.the

card ands'ecuring'it in position.'

3. A device of Ythe'character described,

comprising cardfsupporting.means,a mount-k ing carriedby said.supporting means, Lan

impaling;l device for securingtlie cardlcomprising ay shaft supportedVgby-'the mountingV means, an impali'ng-member carried byI the shaft-anda Weightrassociated with the shaft Y ber to tdn impaling position.

4. A card holderucomprising. a'bas-eplate,

tendine to always move itlie impalingmem- Ycard edge-receivingmeans onthe baseyplate,

Ya shaft supported infront of saidrecfeiving means, an impa-ling membermounted on'the shaft, and` means 'tendingr torevolve the V shaft in onedirection 'and to Amove-'the impaling member t'o impaling position.'Vijn respect tothe base plate.i i

y5. A card holder comprising a base plate, card edge-rece1v1ng -means, a.shaft= sup,-`

ported Yinfront of said :receiving means, a.k pluralityof ,impalingmembers mounted on the shaft, and weighted arm.v extending.- from oneYof the impaling` members I tending to revolve the shaftin,onedirectionand 'tov move allv ,of the impaling lmembers to an impaling position infreference toYV the,k base 1 plate.

, 6. A card holder 'comprising ac-base plate; having a perforation,Vcard y .edge-receiyingvr means, a shaft supported .by saidmea'n's', and.an impaling member mounted v onthe "shaftfV includingv an,extensionterminating,:in a

shoulder abutt-able With-fthe VAface of a carol l adj acent to c theperforation andY having a `Y point to punctureL the foard andv/entemrnthey perforation, and means for moving `threshaft to animpalingposition of saidmembenfl 7. A' card holdercomprising-a-baseplate' 'having fperforations .nearffthe uppery andlower edges,y Caidvedge-receivlng means at f the sides ofsaid plate;shafts journaled on f said receiving means "adjacentfto the upperl ivkand lower edgesfof the plate, impaling meansr ,n mounted on each ofi-theshafts including points enteifingthe perforationsifto secure card,yWeighted means onj'each vshaft tending to move the shaftto 'an mpalingposition, and'means Connecting the yWeighted means so that alifting/motion 'of one will be oom-KV municated to the other.

-- AUBREY 0.x*BRADSI-IAW.

